National Interstate Insurance Co., a Richfield, Ohio-based provider of transportation insurance, announced that effective Jan. 1, 2013, it will complement its long-standing captive fuel distribution business by offering a new traditional insurance program. The new fuel distribution program will focus …
The overall composite rate for insuring commercial accounts in the United States ticked up 5 percent in November 2012 compared to the same month in 2011. According to MarketScout’s Commercial Lines Market Barometer, by coverage classification, property, excess liability, general …
The distance around the Earth at the equator is 24,901 miles. By Kokomo, Ind.-based truck driver Richard Batt’s estimate, he could have driven around the planet nearly 24,100 times. And he would have done it all in a semi without …
Federal investigators have concluded that pilot error caused the collision of a chemical tanker with a containership in the Houston Ship Channel in October 2011. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement released Sept. 25 that the collision …
For two decades, one of the most commonly used type of rail tanker has been allowed to haul hazardous liquids from coast to coast even though transportation officials were aware of a dangerous design flaw that almost guarantees the car …
Newport Beach, Calif.-based specialty insurance brokerage firm, Alliant Insurance Services, announced that Jerry D. Jones has joined the company’s Energy and Marine Group in Houston as senior vice president. With 16 years of brokerage and risk management experience, Jones comes …
Vanliner Insurance Co., an insurer in the moving and storage industry, has expanded the Forum Captive Insurance Program to moving agents affiliated with North American Van Lines, a moving and storage company with more than 500 agent locations. Originally launched …
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has launched a new occupational accident policy with optional contingent liability coverage. Designed for motor carriers, the policy provides occupational accident coverage to drivers under contract with the motor …
National Interstate Insurance Co., a provider of transportation insurance since 1989, is expanding its tow truck insurance product into the Midwest, North Central and Pacific Northwestern states. The product is offered exclusively through a network of appointed agents/brokers and general …
The National Transportation Safety Board says trains that collided head-on last month in the Oklahoma Panhandle weren’t speeding at the time of the wreck. Three Union Pacific employees died in the June 24 accident near Goodwell. Another worker jumped to …
